Paper-file



G. H. ROGERS.

PAPER FILE.

(Application filed Max. 19, 1698.) (No Model.)

Patented May 9,1531%.

NrrE TATJES PATENT T OFFICE.

GEORGE E. ROGERS, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

PAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pateht NO. 624,544, d3td 9, 1899.

Application filed March 19, 1898. Serial No. 674,443. (No model.)

This invention relates to a device for filing papers .like periodicals and newspapers to confine and hold them together in regular order and for convenient use.

The object of my invention is to provide such a device, commonly known as a paperfile, which permits convenient and ready attachment or removal of the papers and at the same time is of a simple and inexpensive but durable construction.

In the following specification, and particularly pointed out in the claim, is found a full description of the invention, its manner of use, parts, and construction, which latter is also illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the device in one of the positions it appears in when used with papers attached in front of areader. Fig. 2 shows the same device in a position when not in use as, for instance, when hung up. Fig. 3 shows it without any papers, but with parts adjusted to permit placing of such. Fig. 4. is an enlarged cross-section on line 4 at of Fig. 2.

The device consists, primarily, of a narrow rectangular frame, preferably of metal. On one of the long members (numbered 7 in this instance) are two pins 8, one near each end. They project toward the other member, (numbered 9,) but terminate so as to leave a space between their pointed ends and said member. A paper 10 to be attached is passed in edge= wise through this space, as may be readily understood, until its folding-line is above the points of the pins, when the paper is forced down over them and toward member 7. The papers are held in position against the latter, as most plainly shown in Fig. 2, by a strip of resilient material connected midway between its ends at 11, and its free ends forming springs 12, one to either side of its point of connection. These free ends are shaped as shown and have a normal tendency toward member 7, close approach to which is permitted by holes 13 in said springs, which thus clear the pins. When a paper is to be inserted, these springs are retracted toward member 9, as shown in Fig. 3, to clear pins 8 and held so by sliding loops 14 until the paper is placed. After that these loops are shifted again toward the center, as shown in Fig. 2,whereupon the free ends of the springs assume their normal position and by pressing the paper against member 7 holdthesame on the pins and in place.

Fig. 2 shows a convenient manner of supporting the file on hooks 15, which are shaped .as shown in Fig. 4.

Witnesses:

R. H. EGGLESTON, R. W. PROPST. 

